e Pronoun, 5. Relative Pronoun, 6. Interrogative Pronoun, 7. Indefinite Pronoun, 8. Distributive Pronoun) Definition : A pronoun is a word used instead of a common noun or a proper noun. The word pro noun means for a noun and it called a noun s deputy. "Pro" + "noun" typically means "in place, of, instead of" a noun or a noun phras e. Pronouns, then, replace nouns (David met Joe; he [Joe] talked for an hour) an d can also refer back to nouns (David is absent, because he is ill).